WORKFORCE INCREASES 52.1% IN FIVE YEARS

At the end of 2008, the workforce of the Petrobras System consisted of 74,240 employees, 260,474 outsourcees from service companies and 1,213 interns. The number of employees increased 7.7% from 2007.

When compared with the figures of five years ago, the percentage increase is 52.1%, which reflects the growth of the company in recent years. Of the total number of employees, 67,465 are allocated in Brazil and 6,775 in units abroad.

The large majority of the employees of the Petrobras System (73,875) have a contract for an undetermined time. There are also 321 with a fixed-time contract and 44 with a special contract (no defined term, but linked to a director’s mandate or term of office).

In 2008, 6,351 employees were hired in Brazil. With highest turnover rates in Brazil, of which the percentage in 2008 was 5.71%, were distributed as follows: by gender, among men (4.6%); by age, among people under 25 years old (1.8%); and, by region, in the Southeast (4.01%). In the Petrobras System, including its units abroad, the total rate was 6.15%.

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PERSONNEL IN THE INTERNATIONAL AREA
COUNTRY Total
Angola 41
Argentina 4.812
Bolivia 456
Chile 4
Colombia 319
USA 251
Japan 210
Libya 19
Mexico 25
Nigeria 36
Paraguay 226
Turkey 11
Uruguay 274
Venezuela 91
Total 6.775
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PERSONNEL IN BRAZIL
WORK SYSTEM Total
Shift 14.573
Administrative 40.588
On call 4.924
Offshore 2.859
Especial Field Special 475
Special Air Support 39
Operational 3.966
Technical 41
Total 67.465